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Apink member Jeong Eun-ji's stalker receives suspended one-year sentence

A court sentenced girl group Apink Jeong Eun-ji’s stalker to a one-year prison term, suspended for two years, local news outlets reported Thursday.

2024-01-18

Kim Tae-hee, Rain stalker sentenced to six months behind bars

A Seoul court sentenced celebrity couple singer Rain and actor Kim Tae-hee stalker to six months in prison and 40 hours of treatment for stalkers on Wednesday.

2024-01-10

Woman arrested for stalking V of BTS

A woman was arrested for stalking V from BTS after waiting outside his residence and following him into an elevator, where she tried to hand him a marriage registration form. V's agency vows to take a zero-tolerance stance against stalkers.

2023-10-28

Olympian's ex-fiancé arrested for stalking after allegedly lying about sex, family ties

The fiancé, 27-year-old Jeon Cheong-jo, also claimed to be an illegitimate scion of the Paradise hotel and casino conglomerate and had served over two years in prison for fraud.

2023-10-26

Top court upholds life sentence for Sindang Station killer

The 32 year-old Jeon Joo-hwan committed his crime on Sept. 14 last year when he murdered a 28-year-old former co-worker, whom he had been stalking, in the women's toilet at Sindang Station Line No. 2.

2023-10-12

Seoul announces new measures to protect stalking victims

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a unit to support stalking victims, aiming to provide tailored responses, increase protection facilities, and offer mental consultation sessions, legal assistance and medical care.

2023-09-13

SM Entertainment calls out sasaeng fans for stalking band members

SM Entertainment issued a statement on Monday requesting sasaeng fans of boy band NCT immediately stop infringing on the members’ privacy. Sasaeng is a K-pop slang term referring to hardcore fans who stalk artists. “Recently, there have been ...

2023-03-06

Sindang Station killer sentenced to 40 years in prison

A court sentenced Jeon Joo-hwan, the man accused of stalking and murdering a coworker at Sindang Station in Seoul, to 40 years of prison Tuesday.

2023-02-07

Death penalty sought for Korea's 'Sindang Station stalker killer'

Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded the death penalty for Jeon Joo-hwan, who was sentenced to nine years in prison last September for stalking and illegally filming the woman he is charged with murdering.

2023-01-10

Stalker case involving Kim Tae-hee, Rain sent to prosecutors

A case regarding a 47-year-old woman who allegedly stalked the celebrity couple Kim Tae-hee and Rain has been sent to the prosecutors' office, the Yongsan Police Station said Friday. According to the police, since March last year, the woman...

2022-09-30